Lot Essay
NBTHK Hozon Token no.331659, 25th February 1993
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SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE SUKESADA AND DATED 1528
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A BISHU KATANA
SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE SUKESADA AND DATED 1528
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri katana with sakizori Kitae [forging pattern]: itame with vivid shirake utsuri
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome with ashi, yo, togariba, of ko-nie, the boshi midare-komi komaru
Nagasa [length]:61.5cm.
Koshirae [mounting]: katana mounting with horizontally ribbed brown lacquered scabbard, fittings of horn and ivory, round iron tosho-type tsuba pierced with a single plum blossom in kage-sukashi
SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE SUKESADA AND DATED 1528
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri katana with sakizori Kitae [forging pattern]: itame with vivid shirake utsuri
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome with ashi, yo, togariba, of ko-nie, the boshi midare-komi komaru
Nagasa [length]:61.5cm.
Koshirae [mounting]: katana mounting with horizontally ribbed brown lacquered scabbard, fittings of horn and ivory, round iron tosho-type tsuba pierced with a single plum blossom in kage-sukashi
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